Engineers urge government to protect UK from climate risks

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Institution of Civil Engineers calls for boost to public spending on flood defences in wake of wettest winter on record

Engineers will today call on the government to ramp up public spending on flood defences as a matter of urgency, warning that UK infrastructure is becoming increasingly exposed to more extreme weather...

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